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http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

has a list of all compatible paints. Vallejo game colour and coat d'arms are about 99% matching, the others are a little bit more different but are still quite close.

infernus1986 wrote:If i could get exact matching colors from the valleo line i would switch.
But after starting army's with GW paints im afraid to switch and have to custom blend all my colors to match whats already done.
For the most part gw stuff is good tho im not fond of skull white,4 coats over lightest foundation paint to get a templar shoulder white is redicoulus
scorpion green could use some tweaks too

Actually, you can download an equivalency chart from the Vallejo website to match up with Citadel colors (and just about any other brand). Also, I'm pretty sure someone on here did one a few months back. Edit: There it is posted above me.

Also, another vote for Vallejo! I've had some of mine for about six years now and they're still good to go!

GW.

I did try Vallejo game colour but it was too watrey.

I will buy the odd Vallejo Model Colour if I need a specific colour LIKE PINK!!!! or violet.

I started with vallejo but then for whatever reason I like some GW better. However for skin tones, and khaki type light beighes. I still stick with Vallejo. Metallics and greens, blues, reds, etc. Its GW

Honestly, I must be the only Pure GW here.

I've been wanting to switch to P3 or Vallejo, but I get too many indecisive answers on how they are (Oh, they're, like, ok, I guess.)

apple barrel!

I use GW mainly because its what 90% of my gaming group uses. I'm not much for blending color so its easiest to use the same set of colors when I need to borrow them. Need more paints.
Edit: Just looked at the chart, and might have to try the Vallejo paints that one of my friends uses.

I use all GW.
Got the giant case so I was set for colors.

Ive tried Vallejo Game Color, and frankly I dont see what the hype is about =/
The Charred Brown I got covered miserably compared to the GW Scorched Brown, and even the gold GW has covered better than the Vallejo.

I think I really only use Vallejo if I need a particular OOP color (like Hammered Copper, which I am pleased with the color, however thin it goes on)

So Im gonna stick with GW, unless I find something better.

GW (because I have so much of it)
Vallejo (both line, just started using it for FOW)
Tamiya (mostly because I was looking for certain colors and its great for airbrushes)
Poly Scale (not sure if this line is still active anymore, but I still have bottles)
Testors Acrylic (usually comes with some models)
Delta Ceremacoat (for terrain)



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Ramos Asura wrote:I use all GW.
Got the giant case so I was set for colors.

Ive tried Vallejo Game Color, and frankly I dont see what the hype is about =/
The Charred Brown I got covered miserably compared to the GW Scorched Brown, and even the gold GW has covered better than the Vallejo.

I think I really only use Vallejo if I need a particular OOP color (like Hammered Copper, which I am pleased with the color, however thin it goes on)

So Im gonna stick with GW, unless I find something better.

Vallejo is tempermental because you have to shake it... a LOT.

I purchased one of these because I have to shake the bottles so much.

I just stick with the Games workshop paints, yes they are expensive but at least I know they work.

I only trust citadel paints, that way if you want some painting tips off gw, you don't have to think 'hmm, my green looks a bit like catatchan green...'

I use GW and some P3. I have found Color Float so my paints never dry out. 10 drops and the paint is new, it is so awesome. I like both because blending is easy with GW and basing is easy with P3. Love the poll too.

I use GW, a few P3s and a couple of Vallejos. GW is superior IMO, I have around 45 pots of it

I use primarily MP Miniature Paints: made by a bloke in his garage, high quality pigment with good flow and transparency. I use the GW greys and sivlers extensively as I like them, some old and new GW washes, Vallejo and P3 metallics for brass/copper tone, Tamiya smoke and pigment powders, and even some old i-kore (now urban mammoth) paints as I've yet to find a better bone colour (and bless em, when they stopped making it, they gave me their last 3 bottles - ah, back in the days when I was on speaking terms with urban mammoth!). I guess it's got to be a case (trite as this may sound) as find what works for you.

On a side note, what about brushes? I use GW masters and tank brush, Tamiya fine and humbrol basics.


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(Apologies for slight threadjack - maybe this could be another poll?)

GW and P3.

I would use Vallejo, but I'm not running out of any of my main colours any time soon and am too lazy to order a lot of the time. (easier to go to a store and pick up a pot)

Xanthos wrote:I am slowly switching to Vallejo as my GW paints run out.

Except for washes and foundation paints. Those are awesome!

I'm doing the exact same thing
Got years of paints to get through yet though, my oldest one is a Sunburst Yellow from 1996, which is as good today as when I bought it (so its essentially bright yellow water) but is currently seeing much action as I'm painting an Iyanden army.
The vallejo paints are better but I've got a Vallejo black ink and the amount it has to be watered down is obscene. Still, it'll last for years so I don't really mind.

I find Vallejo superior in terms of how much you get in the bottle, but the squeezy bottle itself is a great idea, no more flip top lids!

I use a wide spread of paints. Citadel, Tamiya, Derivan Minis, and Mr Hobby Colour.

Vallejo and Citadel

To be honest, I use cheap paints from walmart. A brand called folk-art for when I need something high pigment that only costs $1 and some other brand with a little red apple on it that's only 50 cents a bottle.

i started with gw and got the mega paint set -the OLD mega paint set-. since that time they switched lids from screw top to flip top, introduced new colors, and discontinued colors (including at least one newer than my set). some have dried out and one has even run out but i replaced all of those with non-gw substitutes.
i really love reaper master series and have been trying to expand more into that range than any other. my second favorite range is p3 i dislike the bottles but the coverage and consistency is so worth the mild annoyance of those lids. i tend to use VGC paints for direct replacements of gw paints and they are pretty good but not amazing. i have not found better metallics than gw and he washes are unique and useful. i also own some foundation paints but i only find red and orange all that useful now that i have p3 white.
i have tried two model color paints and hate them more than apple barrel. they were entirely different colors and had completely different problems which were both significant.

I have been using whatever is on sale at the old lady craft store. Usually Folkart or Ceramicoat acrylic paints. Aside from needing some serious watering down, they work great for me.

besides the Citadel, Reaper and Tamiya Acrylic, sometimes I use Tamiya Enamel (I like how the metallic colors turn out)and Hobby Color (acrylic).
although lately I've been wondering how good wall paint would work... you can buy it by the gallon and at some stores they'll use some computer to mix up the colors you want... how couldn't it be a bad idea?

KAZU_raijin008L wrote:besides the Citadel, Reaper and Tamiya Acrylic, sometimes I use Tamiya Enamel (I like how the metallic colors turn out)and Hobby Color (acrylic).
although lately I've been wondering how good wall paint would work... you can buy it by the gallon and at some stores they'll use some computer to mix up the colors you want... how couldn't it be a bad idea?

I dont think it'd work too well especially on minis.

Its latex-based, so it ALWAYS will retain that rubbery texture.
Plus, they're thicker than most any other paint, and in my experience do not thin well at all.

On terrain its great though... acts as a bit of a cushion for when minis fall over.

Though i think there may be acrylic wall paint..... i dont know about it though.... *has no experience with it ^^;;*

I use GW and Tamiya Color for the titan gold and gun metal.

I use a few GW foundations, washes, and metallics. My dozen or so go-to paints are VGC. For slapping on terrain or if I simply don't have/can't mix a Vallejo/Citadel equivalent, I have a big old box full Apple Barrel Colors, with a few Delta Ceramcoat bottles mixed in that I inherited from my mom's days of kitschy pseudo-folksy crafting. Not the greatest paints in the world, but if the damn things still mix and pour after a decade in the basement, so I'm not worried about trying to use them up. Too bad half of the colors are neon affronts to my sensibilities. Slaanesh would think them too gaudy to paint an army with. Regardless, that still leaves me with probably two dozen bottles of various reasonably useful colors that get the job done, if needed.

I've been using GW paints, however, I'm looking to expand since I'm having trouble finding some pinks, purples, and faerie type colors that i'd like to do without having to do so much mixing.

I use P3 for the most part. Great coverage, and pretty easy to blend with. Only colors I'd avoid are a few of the metallics. While they solved the problem with the gold exploding, the mixes tend to be a bit wonky still.

Whatever I have lying around. Might be the reason my models look less then stellar...

Both the Vallejo styles and GW...but I prefer the Vallejo

GW...The rest are too hard to fine. They're not worth my time if I can't get them easy.